Central Scotland Police

Professional Standards

Introduction

The Professional Standards Department in Central Scotland Police comprises three distinct units:

• Complains & Conduct Unit
• Professional Standards Unit
• Information Governance Unit

The Officer in Charge of the Professional Standards Department is a Chief Inspector who reports directly to the Deputy Chief Constable.

The individual responsibilities of the separate units are as follows:

Professional Standards Unit

This Professional Standards Unit promotes a knowledge and understanding of professional standards within the organisation through a policy of education to ensure, integrity and ethical standards are maintained. The staff assess the vulnerable areas of the Force that may be open to corruption and instigate processes to overcome any weaknesses identified.

The department develops robust policies that will combine with the prevention and education strategy to raise the awareness amongst all staff to the issues of integrity, ethical behaviour, and security of information.

The Complaints and Conduct Department is based within the Professional Standards Unit.

The Complaints and Conduct Department deals with all matters relating to complaints against the police.

If you wish more information on how to make a complaint against the police please visit our complaints section of this website.

Information Governance Unit

The unit is responsible for Data Protection, Information Security, Freedom of Information, Records Management and Vetting. The staff responsible for these specialist areas provide training to all new members of staff and via inputs to appropriate training courses.

The Information Governance Unit carries out audits on Force information systems to ensure compliance with the Data Protection Act. Subject Access requests made by members of the public continue to rise and details of the procedure can be found on a downloadable form.

The rights under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act came into force on 1st January 2005, and the Freedom of Information Officer provides guidance, training and response in relation to enquiries.